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September 2022
WORKS FOR PIANO / ŒUVRES POUR PIANO
• Mystic Flute Op. 22 (1937)
• Pastorale No.1 Op. 111 No.1
• Suite for Piano Op. 96
• Dance Ghazal Op. 37a/Op. 362 (1930)
• Achtamar Op. 64
• Two Ghazals Op. 36
• Sonata 'Cougar Mountain' Op. 390
• Consolation Op. 419 First Recording
• Suite on Greek Tunes (1949)
• Love Song Vanishing Into Sounds of Crickets Op. 327
• Slumber Song Op. 52
• Macedonian Mountain Dance Op. 144
• Mountain Dance No. 2Op. 144b
François Mardirossian, piano
Ad Vitam AV 220715 • Timing 60:47 • D|D|D
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July 2022
ALAN HOVHANESS • PIANO WORKS VOLUME 2
• Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune Op.85
• Hermes Stella Op.247 1st recording
• Komachi Op.240
• Sonata 'Journey to Arcturus' Op.354
• Greek Rhapsody No.1 Op.63 1st recording
Alessandra Pompili, piano
Dynamic CDS 7946 • Timing 56:08 • D|D|D
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March 2020
ACROSS THE AGES - Works for Cello
• YAKAMOCHI for Violoncello Solo Op. 193 #2 (1965)
• SUITE for Violoncello and Piano Op.193 #1 (1934) First Recording
• FANTASY for Double Bass (or Cello) Piano Op.277 (1974) First Recording
• SONATA for Violoncello and Piano Op.255 (1932-72)
• NAGOORAN for Violoncello, Timpani and 4 Percussion* Op.237 #2 (1960) First Recording
Christina Gullans (cello); Jeremy Fisell (piano)
*Sowne Ensemble: Adam Rosenlatt (timpani); Daniel Heagney (percussion); Jeff Stem (percussion); Tatevik Khoja-Eynatyan (percussion); Nonoka Mizukami (percussion); Robert Dodelin (conductor)
TROY1805 • Timing 57:55 • D|D|D
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February 2020
STOKOWSKI CONDUCTS 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONIES
• Hovhaness: Symphony No.1 "Exile" Op.17 No.2 US premiere, Dec 1942
• Stravinsky: Symphony in C radio premiere, Feb 1943
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat (1940)
Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra Broadcast recordings 1942-43
PASC587 • Timing 76:42 • A|D|D
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August 2019
SELECTED PIANO COMPOSITIONS
• Invocations to Vahakn Op. 54 #1 (1945)
• Yenovk Op. 176 #2 (1947 rev. 51)
• Fantasy (from Lalezar) (1950-52) First Recording
• Suite on Greek Tunes (1949) First Recording
• Mystic Flute (1937 version) First Recording
• Journey Into Dawn (1954) First Recording
• Laona (1956) First Recording
• Lake of Van Sonata Op. 175 (1946 rev. 59)
• Vijag Op. 37 (1946)
• Hakhpat Op. 54 #2 (1946 rev. 51) First Recording
Sahan Arzruni, piano Adam Rosenblat, percussion (on Invocations to Vahakn and Hakhpat)
Kalan 773 • Timing 73:46 • D|D|D
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March 2018
WORKS FOR WIND, VOLUME 3
• Tapor No.1, Processional for Band Op. 14 (1948)
• Mountain Under the Sea chamber ensemble Op. 392 (1984)
• Three Improvisations on Folk Tunes Op.248 No.2 (1952) First Recording
• Starry Night for flute, harp and xylophone Op. 384 (1985) First Recording
• October Mountain for percussion sextet Op. 135 (1951)
• Hymn To Yerevan for band Op. 83 (1969)
• Meditation on Ardalus solo flute Op. 156 No.2 (c.1958) First Recording
• The Ruins of Ani for 8 clarinents Op. 250 No.1 (1972) First Recording
• Overture to the Burning House ensemble Op. 185a (1962) First Recording
• Suite for Band Op. 15 (1948)
Central Washington University Wind Ensemble
Conductors: Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger, Larry Gookin
Naxos 8.559837 • Timing 58:01 • D|D|D
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Decmeber 2015
HOVHANESS CHAMBER WORKS WITH STRINGS
• Four Bagatelles for String Quartet Op.30
• String Quartet No.4 Op.208 No.2
• Sonata For Violoncello and Piano Op.255
• Trio I (1935) Op.3
The Alder String Quartet: Susan Baer & Stephen Cresswell, violins;
Roxanna Patterson, viola; Buell Neidlinger, cello.
Sheila Weidendorf, piano
VIV8806 • Timing 49:24 • D|D|D
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September 2014
ALAN HOVHANESS • PIANO WORKS
• Twelve Armenian Folk Songs Op.43
• Ghazal Op.36a 1st recording
• Shalimar Op.177
• Sonata 'Cougar Mountain' Op.390
• Fantasy Op.15 1st recording
• Dark River and Distant Bell Op.212 1st piano recording
Alessandra Pompili, piano
Dynamic CDS 7701 • Timing 52:51 • D|D|D
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April 2013
CHILD IN THE GARDEN: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR PIANO 4 HANDS
• Child in the Garden Op.168
• Ko-ola-u Op.136
• Psalm and Fugue Op.40a 1st recording of piano 4-hands transcription
• Dello Joio: Family Album • Franco Antonio Mirenzi: Incantesimo
• Jennifer Castellano: Lullaby • Urmas Sisask: DieSpirale Symphonie
• Morton Feldman: Piano Four Hands • Andrew Rudin: A Birthday Bagetelle
• David Rakowski: Étude-Fantasies • Romualds Jermaks: Threshing Song
Piano Duo Venti Dita (Marvin Rosen, Jennifer Castellano)
Piano Duo Venti Dita • Timing 57:27 • D|D|D
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December 2012
COMPLETE SONATAS AND SONATINAS (Six volumes)
Volume 1
• Piano Sonata Ricercare Op. 12 (1935)
• Piano Sonata ‘Catamount’ Op. 345 (1980) 1st recording
• Piano Sonata Op. 399 (1986) 1st recording
• Piano Sonata ‘Cougar Mountain’ Op. 390 (1985) 1st recording
• Piano Sonatina Op. 120 (1962)
Volume 2
• Piano Sonata ‘Bardo’ Op. 192 (1959)
• Piano Sonata ‘Mount Ossipee’ Op. 299, No.2 (1977)
• Piano Sonata ‘Journey to Arcturus’ Op. 354 (1981) 1st recording
• Piano Sonata ‘Mount Belknap’ Op. 299, No.1 (1977) 1st recording
Volume 3
• Piano Sonata ‘Prospect Hill’ Op. 346 (1980)
• Piano Sonata ‘Fred the Cat’ Op. 301 (1977)
• Piano Sonata ‘To Hiroshige’s Cat’ Op. 366 (1982)
• Piano Sonata ‘Tsougouharu Fujita’s Sleeping Cat’ Op. 368 (1982) 1st recording
• Piano Sonatina ‘Meditation on Mount Monadnok’ Op.288 (1977)
Volume 4
• Piano Sonata ‘Blue Job Mountain’ Op. 340 (1979)
• Piano Sonata ‘On the Long Total Eclipse of the Moon: 6 July 1982’ Op. 367 (1982) 1st recording
• Piano Sonata Op. 145 (1956)
• Piano Sonata ‘Lake of Van’ Op. 175 (1959) 1st complete recording
Volume 5
• Madras Sonata Op. 176, No. 1 (1947, 51, rev. 59)
• Sonata Ananda Op. 303 (1977)
• Piano Sonata ‘Mount Kathadin’ Op.405 (1987)
Volume 6
• Piano Sonata ‘Mount Chocorua’ Op. 335 (1982)
• Poseidon Sonata Op. 191 (1957)
Volume 7
• Piano Sonata ‘Mount Shasta’ Op. 299 No.3 (1936, rev. 1977)
• Piano Sonata ‘Lake Sammamish’ Op. 369 (1982)
• Sonata Op. 22 (1938, later withdrawn)
Nicola Giosmin, piano
TAUKAY 142-147 and 151 • Total timing 4h:59m:29s D|D|D (download only)
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July 2012
• Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2 (1937, rev. 1970)
• Symphony No.50 'Mount St. Helens' (1982)
• Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints* (1965)
*Ron Johnson, marimba
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Naxos 8.559717 • Timing 65:40 D|D|D
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March 2012
FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
• Cantate Domino (Psalm 98) Op. 385 1st recording
• Immortality Op. 134 1st recording
• Unto Thee, O God Op. 87, No. 2 1st commercial recording
• Triptych: Ave Maria Op. 100, No. 1a
• Simple Mass Op. 282 1st recording
• From the End of the Earth Op. 187
• Three Motets, Op. 259 • Peace Be Multiplied (No.1) • God Be Merciful Unto Us (Psalm 67) (No.2) 1st recording • Wisdom (No.3) 1st recording
• Hear My Prayer, O Lord (Psalm 143) Op. 149 1st recording
• I Will Rejoice in the Lord Op. 42 1st recording
• Why Hast Thou Cast Us Off Op. 87, No. 1 1st commercial recording
• The God of Glory Thundereth Op. X 1st recording
• O Lord God of Hosts Op. 27 1st recording
Gloriæ Dei Cantores, Director: Elizabeth C. Patterson
GDCD 0525 • Timing 75:33 D|D|D (SACD)
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October 2011
• Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2
• Armenian Rhapsodies 1-3 (1944)
• Song of the Sea* (1933) First recording
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings** (1980)
*John McDonald, piano | **Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Conductor: Gil Rose
BMOP/Sound 1015 • Timing 67:29 D|D|D
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June 2009
• Symphony No.3 Op.148 World premiere, October 1956
• Stravinsky: Symphony in C
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No.4 World premiere
• Roy Harris: Symphony No.7 Original version, world premiere
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony No.2 'Adagio'
LIVE: Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra | Symphony of the Air | WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln | Saint Louis Symphony
GHCD 2379/80 • Timing 149:29 • A|D|D
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June 2010
THE 1950 DIAL RECORDINGS Audio download only
• Lousadzak Op.48
• Tzaikerk Op.53 No.2
• Achtamar Op.64
• Shatakh Op.73 No.2
Maro Ajemian (piano), Anahid Ajemian (violin),
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra,Alan Hovhaness conductor
Soundmark Records • Timing 36:26
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November 2010
From the Edge of Time: Piano & flute Music - 1950s to the Present
• Orbit No.2, Op.102 (1952) version with flute and piano
• Benejam: Sonata for flute and piano
• Ordóñez: Toccata, Nocturnes 1 & 3
• Part: Für Alina, Variationen Zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, Spiegel Im Spiegel
Victor Manuel Morales - piano, Pablo Hidalgo Wong - flute
Prodisc SDX28873 • Timing 55:43 • D|D|D
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January 2009
SOLOS | DUOS | TRIOS
• Trio I for piano, violin & cello Op. 3 (1935) First Recording
• Sonata Ricercare for piano Op. 12 (1935) First Recording
• Artinis (Urardüan Sun God) for piano Op. 39 (1945) First Recording
• Suite for oboe & bassoon Op. 23 (1949) First Recording
• Poseidon Sonata for piano Op. 191 (1957) First Recording
• Bardo Sonata for piano Op. 192 (1959) First Recording
• Sonatina for piano Op. 120 (1962) First Recording
• Trio for strings* Op. 201 (1962) First Recording
• Three Haikus for piano Op. 113 (1965) First Recording
• Night of a White Cat for clarinet & piano Op. 263 (1973)
• Sonata for 2 bassoons+ Op. 266 (1973) First Recording
• Sonata for 2 clarinets** Op. 297 (1977) First Recording
• Sonata for oboe & bassoon Op. 302 (1977) First Recording
• Sonata for solo viola Op. 423 (1992) First Recording
Paul Hersey, piano; Christina Fong, violin|viola; Libor Soukal, bassoon;
Jiøí Šesták, oboe; Karen Krummel, cello;
Michael Kornacki, clarinet; John Varineau, clarinet**;
Radek Dostál, bassoon+; Christopher Martin, viola*
OgreOgress XXX • Timing 126:00 • D|D|D • 96kHz|24bit Audio DVD
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December 2009
• Symphony No.7 'Nanga Parvat' Op.178
• Symphony No.14 'Ararat' Op.194
• Symphony No.23 'Ani' Op.249
Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra, conductor: Keith Brion
Naxos 8.559385 • Timing 62:12
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September 2009
REVERIE
• The Garden of Adonis, Op.245 (1971) suite for flute and harp
Plus flute/harp works by Fauré, Franchi, Gounod, Ibert, Piazolla
Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp)
Ode Records CDMANU2050 • Timing __:__ D|D|D
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GUILD
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June 2009
• Symphony No.1 'Exile' Op.17, No.2 (US premiere, Dec 1942)
• Milhaud: Symphony No.1 (1st New York performance)
• Copland: Symphony No.2 (US premiere, Jan 1944)*
• Jose Serebrier: Symphony No.1 (world premiere) 1st recording
LIVE: Leopold Stokowski / NBC and *Houston Symphony Orchestras
GHCD 2347 • Timing 72:51 • A|D|D
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April 2009 HISTORIC LIVE LECTURE-CONCERT WITH ALAN HOVHANESS
• Saturn • Ghazal No.1*
• Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock
Lucy Shelton: Soprano, Lawrence Sobol: Clarinet, Peter Basquin: Piano *Alan Hovhaness, piano
Grenadilla CD RGP91009 • Timing 66:47
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March 2009
AMERICAN CHORAL PREMIERES
• Four Motets Op.268 (1973) for Chorus SATB First recording
Plus modern choral works by Egon Cohen, Paul Nicholson, Paul French, Easley Blackwood, Robert Kreutz, William Ferris, William C. White
William Ferris Chorale directed by Paul French
Cedille CDR 90000 109 • Timing 64:10
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January 2009
VISIONS OF THE EAST
• Ode to the Temple of Sound (1954) First recording
• Symphony No.10 Vahaken First recording
• Meditation on Zeami First recording
• Floating World First complete recording
Frost Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami / Chung Park
Centaur CRC 2954 • Timing 58:00 • D|D|D
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February 2008
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone & Strings, Op.344 First recording
• Other works with saxophone by Villa-Lobos (aria from Bachianas Brasilieras #5), Bruzdowicz, Morgan, Raman, Kilar, Leatherbarrow and Bozza Includes 1st recordings
Greg Banaszak, saxophone, Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Piotr Borkowski
Centaur CRC 2889/90 • Timing 86:22
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